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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Small Business Administration/Management in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

6 Ranked Colleges
153 Degrees Awarded
$15,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Small Business Administration/Management Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Small Business Administration/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 2,231 people earned their degree in small business administration/management, making the major the 482nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 346 small business administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 153 small business administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Small Business Administration/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in small business administration/management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality small business administration/management programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the small business administration/management program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Small Business Administration/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Small Business Administration/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Small Business Administration/Management in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Small Business Administration/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Miami University - Middletown landed the #1 spot on the list. Miami University - Middletown is a small school located in Middletown, Ohio that handed out 77 bachelors’s small business administration/management degrees in 2019-2020.

Miami University - Middletown also made our “Best Small Business Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $14,630 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree small business administration/management students with aid per year to attend Miami University - Middletown.

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#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Small Business Administration/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Miami University - Hamilton landed the #2 spot on the list. Miami University - Hamilton is located in Hamilton, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 52 bachelors’s small business administration/management degrees to qualified students.

Miami University - Hamilton not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Small Business Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Miami University - Hamilton is $11,559 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree small business administration/management students with aid.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Michigan - Dearborn. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Small Business Administration/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. UM Dearborn is a medium-sized public school situated in Dearborn, Michigan. It awarded 8 bachelors’s small business administration/management degrees in 2019-2020.

UM Dearborn did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Small Business Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $11,473 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree small business administration/management students with aid per year to attend University of Michigan - Dearborn.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#4

Northern Michigan University

Marquette, Michigan
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Small Business Administration/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Michigan University landed the #4 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Marquette, Michigan, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s small business administration/management degrees in 2019-2020.

Northern Michigan University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Small Business Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $15,453 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Small Business Administration/Management students with aid per year to attend Northern Michigan University.

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#5

North Central College

Naperville, Illinois
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Small Business Administration/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, North Central College landed the #5 spot on the list. North Central is a private not-for-profit institution located in Naperville, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

North Central did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Small Business Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend North Central College is $24,786 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Small Business Administration/Management students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 3.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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#6

Finlandia University

Hancock, Michigan
#6 in overall quality

Finlandia University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Small Business Administration/Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Hancock, Michigan, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s small business administration/management students in 2019-2020.

Finlandia also took the #6 spot in our “Best Small Business Administration/Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $17,016 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Small Business Administration/Management students with aid per year to attend Finlandia.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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